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Editor
Steven D. Shapiro, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh

Deputy Editors
Kenneth B. Adler, Ph.D.
North Carolina State University

Sadis Matalon, Ph.D.
Univeristy of Alabama, Birmingham

Mark A. Perrella, M.D.
Brigham and Women's Hospital

ATS Documents Editor
Holger J. Schünemann, M.D., Ph.D.
Italian National Cancer Institute Regina Elena
Rome, Italy


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Karin Beehler

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Fay Ling

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Managing Editor
Christina Shepherd

Editorial Production
Karen Kwak

Business Affairs
Donald E. Temple

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Jeffrey Delgado

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Associate Editors

Harold A. Chapman Jr., M.D.
University of California, San Francisco

Augustine M.K. Choi, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh

Gregory P. Downey, M.D.
University of Toronto

Jack A. Elias, M.D.
Yale University

Paul S. Foster, Ph.D.
Australian National University, Canberra

Craig Gerard, M.D., Ph.D.
Boston Children's Hospital

Peter M. Henson, Ph.D.
National Jewish Medical and Research Center

Michael J. Holtzman, M.D.
Washington University School of Medicine

Geoffrey Laurent, Ph.D.
University College London, Rayne Institute

George D. Leikauf, Ph.D.
University of Cincinnati

William C. Parks, Ph.D.
University of Washington School of Medicine

Edwin K. Silverman, M.D., Ph.D.
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Hajime Takizawa, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine

Peter F. Weller, M.D.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Jeffrey A. Whitsett, M.D.
Children's Hospital Medical Center

Guy A. Zimmerman, M.D.
Eccles Institute of Human Genetics


Editorial Board
Steven M. Albelda, M.D.
John Belperio, M.D.
Tomoko Betsuyaku, M.D.
Arnold R. Brody, Ph.D.
Steven L. Brody, M.D.
Edward J. Campbell, M.D.
George H. Caughey, M.D.
David M. Center, M.D.
Rachel C. Chambers, Ph.D.
Edwin Chilvers, Ph.D., F.R.C.P.
Andrew Churg, M.D.
Erika C. Crouch, M.D., Ph.D.
Claire M. Doerschuk, M.D.
Jeffrey Drazen, M.D.
Steven M. Dubinett, M.D.
Oliver Eickelberg, M.D.
Serpil Erzurum, M.D.
Patricia Finn, M.D.
Joe G. N. Garcia, M.D.
Jack Gauldie, Ph.D.
Norma Gerard, Ph.D.
Jonathan M. Green, M.D.
Marc B. Hershenson, M.D.
Stephen T. Holgate, M.D.
Patrick G. Holt, D.Sc.
Gary W. Hunninghake, M.D.
Ed Ingenito, M.D., Ph.D.
Yvonne Janssen-Heininger, Ph.D.


Lester Kobzik, M.D.
Bev Koller, Ph.D.
Jay K. Kolls, M.D.
Stella Kourembanas, M.D.
Wolfgang M. Kuebler, M.D.
Steven L. Kunkel, Ph.D.
Bruce Levy, M.D.
Stephen B. Liggett, M.D.
Craig Lilly, M.D.
Andrew H. Limper, M.D.
David A. Lomas, Ph.d., Sc.D.,
 F.R.C.P., F.Med.Sci.
Dwight C. Look, M.D.
Thomas Mariani, Ph.D.
William J. Martin II, M.D.
John A. McDonald, Ph.D., M.D.
Redwan Moqbel, Ph.D.
Joel Moss, M.D., Ph.D.
Brooke T. Mossman, Ph.D.
Paul W. Noble, M.D.
Toshihiro Nukiwa, M.D., Ph.D.
Michael A. O'Reilly, Ph.D.
Caroline Owen, M.D., Ph.D.
Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr., M.D.
Linhua Pang, M.D., Ph.D.
Annie Pardo, Ph.D.
J. Julio Pérez Fontán, M.D.
Bruce Pitt, Ph.D.


Marlene Rabinovitch, M.D.
Scott H. Randall, Ph.D.
Anuradha Ray, Ph.D.
Prabir Ray, Ph.D.
Richard Riese, M.D., Ph.D.
David M. Rodman, M.D.
Paul Rothman, M.D.
Robert Schleimer, Ph.D.
David Schwartz, M.D.
Robert M. Senior, M.D.
Julian Solway, M.D.
Jonathan S. Stamler, M.D.
Theodore J. Standiford, M.D.
Kurt R. Stenmark, M.D.
Robert Strieter, M.D.
Jacob I. Sznajder, M.D.
Galen B. Toews, M.D.
Rubin Tuder, M.D.
Stefan Uhlig, Ph.D.
Dale T. Umetsu, M.D., Ph.D.
Judith a. Voynow, M.D.
Xiangdong Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
Jonathan H. Widdicombe, Ph.D.
David S. Wilkes, M.D.
Marsha A. Wills-Karp, Ph.D.
G. Scott Worthen, M.D.
Joanne Wright, M.D.
Jo Rae Wright, M.D.
Reen Wu, Ph.D.
Joseph Zabner, M.D.



The AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (ISSN 1044 - 1549) is published by the American Thoracic Society and issued monthly. The AJRCMB is an official journal of the American Thoracic Society. A volume includes six issues and begins with the January and July issues.

The contents are included in Current Contents/Life Sciences®, Index Medicus®, Medlars®, and Medline®. This journal is the winner of an award of Merit for editorial production and design from the Society for Technical Communication Publications and Art Competition.

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